February 7, 2022 LastPass versus Dashlane Our comparison of LastPass versus Dashlane suggests it can be worth paying a little extra for more security. However, when you compare LastPass and Dashlane ... Read more
January 28, 2022 Utilities Urged to Improve Password Security Ransomware gangs often work with Initial Access Brokers (IABs) who provide access to organizations’ networks. IABs specialize in breaching organizations’ defenses, then sell access to ... Read more
January 25, 2022 ITRC Says Record-breaking Numbers of Data Compromises Were Reported in 2021 New data from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) shows record numbers of data breaches were reported in 2021, beating the previous record of 1,506 ... Read more
December 20, 2021 Log4j Version 2.17.0 released to Address High Severity DoS Bug The patch (version 2.15.0) to fix the critical Log4Shell vulnerability in the Log4j Java-based logging utility (CVE-2021-44228) did not fully correct the vulnerability and certain ... Read more
December 13, 2021 Survey: 90% of IT Leaders Guilty of Reusing Passwords Bitwarden has released the results of its second annual Password Decisions Survey, which explored the technology being used by IT decision makers, the security risks ... Read more
December 3, 2021 HHS Imposes 5 Financial Penalties for HIPAA Right of Access Failures The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the closure of five investigations into potential violations of the Health ... Read more
November 23, 2021 Bitwarden versus 1Password You don´t often see comparisons of Bitwarden versus 1Password due to Bitwarden being regarded as a popular free password manager and 1Password having terminated its ... Read more
November 22, 2021 Which is more User-Friendly? Bitwarden, 1Password, or Dashlane? To best answer the question which is more user-friendly – Bitwarden, 1Password, or Dashlane? – you have to look at the question from different perspectives. ... Read more
November 19, 2021 Bitwarden versus LastPass In February 2021, LastPass announced that personal users of its free password manager service would no longer be able to synch passwords, card details, and ... Read more
November 16, 2021 How to Create a Strong Password Do you know how to create a strong password? Many people think they do, but still create passwords that take seconds for hackers to crack. ... Read more
November 5, 2021 House of Representatives Passes Two Bills to Help SMBs Improve Cybersecurity Two bills have been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that will help small- and medium-sized businesses improve cybersecurity. The Small Business Administration (SBA) ... Read more
October 8, 2021 TitanHQ Receives 4 Expert Insights’ ‘Best Of’ Awards for its Cybersecurity Solutions For the second year in a row, the leading cybersecurity analyst Expert Insights has recognized the cybersecurity and compliance solutions provided by TitanHQ and has ... Read more
October 7, 2021 Third of Americans Have Tried to Guess Someone Else’s Password A recent survey has revealed the extent to which people attempt to gain access to someone else’s account by trying to guess their password. The ... Read more
September 28, 2021 Women and Minorities More Likely to Be Victims of Cybercrime Just as there is inequality in life, there is also inequality online. Demographics play a big part in how individuals are targeted by cybercriminals and ... Read more
September 1, 2021 What is a Good Exclaimer Mail Archiver Alternative? Now that the Exclaimer Mail Archiver has reached end of life it is time to consider an Exclaimer Mail Archiver alternative. When software reaches end ... Read more
September 1, 2021 CISA Adds Single-Factor Authentication for Remote and Administrative Access to Cybersecurity Bad Practices Catalog The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated its list of cybersecurity bad practices that should be avoided. The Bad Practices Catalog was ... Read more
August 10, 2021 Microsoft Issues Another Fix to Correct PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities Microsoft has issued another update to correct vulnerabilities in its Print Spooler service known as PrintNightmare. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to achieve privilege escalation ... Read more
August 9, 2021 Best Chrome Password Managers If you browse the Internet and access online accounts using credentials stored in the Chrome browser, you might wonder why anybody might publish an article ... Read more
July 15, 2021 Kaspersky Password Manager Random Password Generator Created Easily Brute Forced Passwords Password managers have a feature that generates random passwords to make it easier for users to create strong, unique passwords for all of their accounts. ... Read more
July 13, 2021 BIOPASS RAT Live Streams Audio and Video from Victims’ Devices Security researchers at Trend Micro have identified a new remote access Trojan (RAT) dubbed BIOPASS, which uses legitimate live streaming software to provide the attackers ... Read more
July 10, 2021 What are the Best Windows Password Managers? If you use a PC running on Windows 8.1 or later, it comes with a built-in Windows password manager called Credential Manager. The Credential Manager ... Read more
July 4, 2021 Using Social Media Safely There are very few individuals these days who do not use at least one social media platform for personal use or to promote their business. ... Read more
June 29, 2021 FIN7 Pen Tester Sentenced to 7 Years in Jail A high-level member of the FIN7 organized crime group has been sentenced to 7 years in jail. The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that ... Read more
June 25, 2021 Should you Switch to Bitwarden from LastPass? If you’re currently considering changing the password management software you use, particularly a move away from LastPass following the changes that have recently been introduced ... Read more
June 18, 2021 Study Reveals Remote Workers Have been Taking Security Shortcuts While Working From Home The pandemic forced many employers to allow their employees to work from home, but now that governments have lifted restrictions, many employers have taken the ... Read more
May 28, 2021 How to Create a Strong Master Password In 2017, Verizon produced their annual Data Breach Investigations Report which revealed that just over 80% of breaches were due to the fact that weak ... Read more
May 27, 2021 Will Biometric Password Managers Replace Traditional Passwords? For some time there has been a great deal of speculation amongst the cybersecurity community that biometric password managers will eventually be able to take ... Read more
May 20, 2021 How to Avoid Using the Most Common Passwords When people create an online account requiring a username and password, many choose one of the most common passwords because they are easy to remember. ... Read more
April 25, 2021 How to Create the Perfect Master Password When you use a commercial, vault-based password manager to secure passwords for online accounts, the vault itself has to be secured to prevent unauthorized access ... Read more
April 23, 2021 External Email Message Warnings Can be Easily Hidden or Altered One of the ways that businesses help their employees identify potentially malicious emails is to flag any email that has been sent from an external ... Read more
